[Isaac Zachary]

• ICE's could still be relevant if fuel could be sourced from 100% renewables and still remain economic.
  • The major con is the lack of efficiency. For every kWh of electricity used to make synthetic fuel, for an example, you'd get way more miles from a BEV than an ICEV.
  • The pro is that we already have a world-wide infrastructure for fuel. No need to put an EVSE on every house and building. No need to upgrade the electric grid, even in countries where most homes may have only a single 110V outlet with only a few amps available.
  • The other pro is flight which may still be impossible to do with batteries even decades from now.
• EV's using renewables make sense, but the transition will be slow.
  • We expect batteries to improve, but so far there are manufacturing limits that haven't been resolved yet even for the things we do know. Silicon batteries seem like the best bet right now to me but suffer from charge-discharge degredation due to swelling.
  • Changing the grid is complicated. Not everyone owns their own home. There are lots of situations where EV charging could become a huge inconvenience unless public charging gets better.